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ethanolamine
[ eth-uh-nol-uh-meen, -noh-luh-, -nuh-lam-in ]
May Treat:
Esophageal and Gastric Varices
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ChemID; DailyMed; DrugInfo; PDR
Definitions related to ethanolamine:
  • A viscous, hygroscopic amino alcohol with an ammoniacal odor. It is widely distributed in biological tissue and is a component of lecithin. It is used as a surfactant, fluorimetric reagent, and to remove CO2 and H2S from natural gas and other gases.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Amino alcohols containing the ethanolamine (-NH2CH2CHOH) group and its derivatives.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (monoethanolamine) A first generation monoethanolamine with antihistaminic property. Ethanolamine competes with free histamine for binding at the histamine (H)-1 receptor thereby acting as an inverse agonist that combines with and stabilizes the inactive form of the H1-receptor thereby shifting the equilibrium toward the inactive state. This leads to a reduction of the negative symptoms brought on by H1-receptor binding.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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